Building Trust – in a world of mistrust
Recently four of the local communities that have been part of my work completed a community survey with help from one of my university colleagues. These surveys provided interesting insights into the thinking and life of rural Ukraine. This piece of research was developed with the intent of helping the small development groups in these […]
Finding Truth – in a world of spin
Watching intently the media coverage and hype of the British child ‘Maggie’ who went missing in Portugal in May has demonstrated for me how susceptible that we have become to spin. Spin, as you well know, means to turn or twist something quickly and can be used in processes to fabricate. In this world of […]
CED Core Team Khudiaky, Ukraine
It was my pleasure to work with many dedicated local people in communities all over Ukraine. This group were from the village of Khudiaky and were most ambitious and active.
The Day the World Stood Still – and for some it stopped
On a recent brief visit to Crimea to the sea, while exploring the area near my hotel, I noticed a partially constructed building, obviously left derelict for a number of years. It was similar to so many that can be seen in cities, towns and villages all across the country. It would appear that on […]
Suffer Little Children
(Picture taken with the Children of the Kindergarten at the opening of a new extension in Velyki Didushychi in Ukraine) Over the past few weeks, there has been within me a struggle, not my first. This struggle was not of the mind but within my soul. Much of it was personal, relating to current issues, […]
Community Transformation – preparing the foundations
Introduction Community transformation has been an ongoing process since humans began forming into groupings for support, security and comfort. Throughout history these community transformations, resulting from dramatic changes brought on by natural disasters, famines, strife and economic shifts, have often been exceedingly difficult and swift (i.e. the recent Tsunami, the flooding of New Orleans, the […]
The Opportunity that is Perechyn – two years of discovery
It has been two years since my arrival in Ukraine from Canada and within a little more than a week later my first introduction to Perechyn. Since that first visit much of my time has been spent in Perechyn and area and the focus of much of my work has been with the Core Group […]
What’s Important in Life
As we witness what appears to be the demise of civility and the collapse of one of history’s most advanced societies, it is perhaps time to reflect on what has value in this life. For me this has been constant in my mind and heart since my return to Ukraine from Canada in April 2006. […]
What’s in a Book
(This was a short presentation that I made at the launch of The Book of Perechyn, Ukraine a tourist publication created and published by the local CED Core Group) The strength of a book is not found in the words, pictures or even symbols that it contains. The strength and influence of a book is […]
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